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arborescent

[ahr-buh-res-uhnt]

adjective

  1. treelike in size and form.



arborescent

/ ˌɑːəˈɛəԳ /

adjective

  1. having the shape or characteristics of a tree

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • arborescence noun
  • arborescently adverb
  • subarborescence noun
  • subarborescent adjective
  • ˌˈԳ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of arborescent1

1665–75; < Latin ǰŧԳ- (stem of ǰŧŧԲ ), present participle of ǰŧ to grow into a tree. See arbor 3, -escent
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From there, the GRR1 heads northwest into a dense and impossibly wet woodland wreathed in arborescent ferns and carpeted with beds of moss two feet deep.

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Searching for trees in these spindly, barely arborescent paintings feels valid and foolish at once.

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The state of being arborescent; the resemblance to a tree in minerals, or crystallizations, or groups of crystals in that form; as, the arborescence produced by precipitating silver.

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When the growth takes place from the skin or mucous membranes, the surface frequently presents numerous and usually arborescent papill� or villi.

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Tall, almost arborescent shrubs; with very divergent and rigid branches.

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